ok a little overwhelmed..

[erin1621]

So i finally gave in and purchased the downloads. But as i go through them i am concered i wont be able to do them at the gym. And if i do it at home i need more equipment. I have db from 3-15lbs, weighted gloves, balance ball, step and high step and bb up to 40lbs! But i see she uses pull up tower, slanted risers, and a stretch band i dont have! Uggh how heavy do you guys go that i would need so much more weight????? And i did some 1 rm to see how what i would need and i am getting odd numbers like 10.8 or 14. 1 .. adv or suggestions?

[LthePoet]

I admit that I was a bit overwhelmed too with the equipment requirements. I am near the end of Meso 2 now, though, and I've made things work overall. When you pull up workout cards in the Workout Manager, it rounds up the weights for each exercise to the nearest whole lb (so no 10.3 or 5.8, etc). I have weighted gloves that I use for the 1-2 lb adjustments, but ultimately if I'm a lb or 2 off, I just go for the closest weight that is still challenging. There are some weights that go higher than the 55lb barbell I own, but honestly, I can't do more than 55lbs anyway, so I haven't had to worry about that so far.
I have a set of bands that I won in a give-away and I've used them for the pull-up bar exercises also (Cathe has tubing modifications for this). I would say a medium-resistance band would be a good investment out of all the equipment you mentioned.
Not sure this is helpful, but I feel like making it work with what I have is better than not doing it at all!

-Lisa

[mom2kttj]

I too felt very overwhelmed. I wanted to do my 1 rep max test perfect but didn't want to give up my normal weight routines in order to do the testing. I don't have a push pull tower or the slanted riser (I just lower my regular step on one end and it holds good). I finally just said I was going to start. So I did on Monday the 19th. I changelled myself the first week, took notes about the weights I used and the reps I did. Recorded that in the one rep max testing. I just completed the 4th disk using the info I recorded from the 1st disk and again guessing for the few that were new to this disk. It worked out great. I felt very accomplished and overall pretty much held in at the weights that the workout card said to do. Just go for it! Of course, I'm on a adreline high right now because I did it and feel great. Now tomorrow when I'm so sore i can't move my upper body it will be a different story.

Sarah